nostalgia backfire

An event in which someone gets re-acquainted with a favorite song, movie, or other thing from their past, but eventually finds that it only reminds them of the time at which they got back into it.

My junior year of high school, I went up into the attic and found that Super Mario game I used to play when I was, like, 10 years old. But now when I play it all I can think of is how it was the one thing about my high school days that didn't suck. What a total freaking nostalgia backfire.

by OneMileFromGlory December 7, 2011

Spicy Nostalgia

A milder meaning for “PTSD” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Trauma you remember from wars you fought in, for example.

Hans: Ahhh! Ahhh! Ze witch is haunting ze dreams

Greta: Zon’t worry! Is probably ze Spicy Nostalgia

by Female mop guy February 7, 2020

Nostalgia-freaks

People who never give up on nostalgia and hate on anything new or it’s entire fan base.

Frostboy 12: “I don’t know why Thomas & Friends series 8-11 are so hated, I think it’s as good as the classic series.”

Nostalgia-freak: “Dude, you know they really messed up the characters in that era of the show. Also, The Looney Tunes Show is absolute trash, watch classic Looney Tunes instead!”

Frostboy 12: “Oh no, your one of those Nostalgia-freaks!”

by Tank-Slushy August 6, 2021

Nostalgia attack

Having a nostalgic feeling and remembering it so much you want to relive those times again and might want to cry from those good times long gone

I almost had a nostalgia attack after hearing the Wii shop music

by Glaceporeon May 6, 2021

Nostalgia Filter

There is a tendency for some adults and some teenagers to see the newer material in a medium (be it music, film, animation, or comic books) as inferior to the older classics that they knew in their youth.

Nostalgia filters are usually developed when people are under the age of 30.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Nostalgia Critic

A man who was once an internet God. Now, an internet punchline.

A: "Hey you want to hear a Joke"
B: "Sure"
A: "The Nostalgia Critic"
B: (Laughs)

by j@mbo February 10, 2021

Nostalgia Phase

When you see all the garbage on television, something hits you and you start watching all of the old shows you watched and loved as a child on Youtube. You go on wikipedia to find the names of all the episodes, read some other info and why the show was cancelled. Affects people that are at least 17 years of age, can can last a few days, to weeks.
Or it can go away and relapse later.

I was in nostalgia phase, so I started watching Ren and Stimpy and 30 Minutes of Cartoon Openings from the 1990's videos on youtube.

by Wasabimoto January 17, 2009